Biog – William Laxon
He was either the Gosford Street Ward silkweaver who became a freeman in 1768 or his namesake described as a junior who was a Gosford Street Ward weaver when made a freeman in 1788.
Biog – S. Birkinhead
W.Bro.Stanley Birkinhead (1913-2003) Stanley Birkinhead was born in Leigh in Lancashire in humble surroundings and he always maintained a fierce pride in being a Lancastrian. He left school at fourteen and started work at the local textile mill, literally as the broom boy. His in-born energy, his honesty and his willingness to succeed in whatever task […]
Biog – Francis Wyley
Francis Wyley (1810-1888), was a well known business man in Coventry, an alderman and in 1860 mayor of the city, founder together with his brother of the manufacturing chemists Messrs Wyleys & Co. The family lived in the medieval Coventry Charterhouse, south of the city centre. Following years of complaints about fairs and street markets […]
Biog – G.S.N Richards
W.Bro.G.S.N.Richards (1912-1980) Gilbert Richards, a local Solicitor and former Head Boy of King Henry VIII School, was a man with a great physical presence. Initiated as a Lewis into Trinity Lodge in June1943, he became its Worshipful Master in 1959 and developed into a superb ritualist.His specialty latterly was the Traditional  History. He was also a brilliant […]
Biog – W.R. Heatley
W.Bro. William Robert Heatley (1909 -1995) W.Bro. Bob, as he was affectionately known, was initiated into Trinity Lodge on 6th December 1934; and much of the detail set out below is taken from the superb address given by W.Bro Birkinhead to the Lodge on the occasion of W.Bro Heatleys 50th Anniversary in 1984. Born in […]
Biog – D. Brandish
W.Bro. Dennis Brandish (1902 – 1989)Â W.Bro.Dennis Brandish was a Trinity man through and through, devoting all his considerable masonic energies to the Lodge, and not becoming a member of any other craft lodge or other masonic order. In private life he was a successful and respected joint owner and executive company director of the family […]
Biog – W. J. Keene
W.Bro. Walter James Keene M.B.E. (1903 – 1998) Walter Keene was born on 26th August 1903 in Leicester into a family with a tradition of public service. His father was High Sheriff of Leicester and his elder brother, Sir Charles Keene, served as Lord Mayor. He married Mary in 1928 and moved to Coventry to open a […]
Biog – A. E. Fridlinder
W.Bro. A.E.Fridlander (1840 – 1928) Alfred Emmanuel Fridlander came from a prominent Jewish family. His grandfather had been a Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University and his father, a successful Birmingham businessman, was a pillar of the local Jewish community there. He himself served as Hon.Secretary of the Coventry Jewish Congegation for many years and […]
Biog – G.T.S. Clarke
W.Bro George Clarke; achieved fame by adjusting the angles of helicopter rotor blades to facilitate and enable take offs in restricted jungle clearings in war zones.
Biog – F.C. Wilson
W.Bro F.C.Wilson, the proprietor of George Wilson Gas Meters, Foleshill Road, Coventry, was originally of Dutch extraction